On March 31, 2025, NIH requested that the following language be added to this website:

This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives.

Available Restricted Data Products

Administrative Linkages

HRS data are linked at the individual level to sources of administrative information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare and Medicaid claims information, the National Death Index (NDI) for cause of death information, the Social Security Administration (SSA) for information on earnings and benefits, and to Veteran Affairs (VA) health care information.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Data

National Death Index (NDI) Data

Note: The National Death Index (NDI) data, collected by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), cannot be shared, sent, or accessed outside the United States.

Social Security Administration (SSA) Data

Veterans Affairs (VA) Data

Other External Linkages

HRS respondents have also been linked to the 1940 Census, and to contextual data from a variety of sources. At the employer level, information on employer-provided pension plans is available for businesses where respondents are or have been employed.

Note: The Geographic Linkages Repository and HRS Contextual Data Resource Series are available only in the MiCDA Enclave VDI, and are only available for use with restricted data geographic information products.

Census Data

Geographic Linkages Repository (GLR)

HRS Contextual Data Resource Series (HRS-CDR)

Pension Estimation

HRS Survey Data

Information on geographic locations is available as restricted data and can be used to link to user-generated contextual data. In addition, some of the data HRS collects as part of the survey contains confidential or sensitive information and is only available as restricted data.

Geographic Information

Health Care Information

Industry/Occupation

Other

Contributed Projects

Contributed projects based on HRS restricted data are provided by researchers who want to share their work with the research community. Researchers interested in contributing their own products are invited to contact us at [email protected]. HRS does not produce or support these products and is not responsible for their content or use. They are provided as a service to the research community.

Environmental Predictors Of Cognitive Health (EPOCH)

Note: EPOCH data are only available for use with restricted data geographic information products.

Genetic Data

The following genetic data products are available as restricted data through the VDI. See the Genetic Data page for full details on HRS genetic data.

Sensitive Health Data

Sensitive health data products are not restricted data, but can be requested on an RDA to be merged with restricted data in the VDI.

  • 2016 Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)
  • The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS) (Waves A, B, C, D, Tracker)
  • Prescription Drug Study (PDS) and Health and Well-Being Study (HWB) (2005 PDS, 2007 PDS, 2009 HWB)
  • Biomarker Data (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, DBS CRP, DBS IL6)
  • 2003 Diabetes Study
  • 2008 Telomere Data
  • Venous Blood Study (2016, 2016 Flow Cytometry, 2016 Sub Sample Data, 2016 Supplemental File)
  • HRS 2018 Core Module 4: Attitude Toward and Use of Marijuana (Cannabis) in Older Americans
  • APOE and Serotonin Transporter Alleles
  • 2019 Health Survey
  • HRS 2020 Core Module 10: Substance Use Problems
  • Polygenic Score Data (PGS)
  • HRS Epigenetic Clocks and Supplement